After a devastating injury to his
father, Clay Thomas is abandoned by two of the people closest to him while
being pursued by the local police chief for crimes he didn’t commit. He is determined to find the culprit of a
series of local robberies while fulfilling a promise to a ghost to solve his
eleven-year-old murder. Clay and his
son, Tanner, incorporate their unique mind-control abilities to solve the
crimes, restoring broken relationships in the process. Bulletproof, a
stand-alone novel, is the third exciting installment in the Clay and Tanner
Thomas mystery/suspense series.
Check out Bulletproof by Jeff
LaFerney
Yearning for more? Check out this interview with Jeff….
What
is your inspiration? What helps you get through writer's block?
So
far to me, writer’s block is just an inconvenience. It doesn’t last long. It’s
just a warning to me that I need to think about things maybe from a different
perspective. I usually get writer’s block in transition scenes when I feel I
need something else before I continue with the main plot. Some of those scenes
end up being my favorites.
Who
inspires you? What authors do you look up to? Why?
I
like Robert B. Parker’s action and dialogue; I like Harlan Coban’s twists and
surprises; I like John Irving’s story-telling ability; and I like any author
who mixes humor with suspense.
When did you first start writing?
What genre do you prefer?
I
started writing in the summer of 2009, and I’ve completed a book a year since.
I really like mystery and suspense. It’s what I prefer to read too.
If
you had to choose another genre to write, what would it be? Why?
I’m
in the finishing stages of a time-travel adventure right now. It was very
different from a mystery, but I love the science-fiction and action/adventures
elements in it.
Do you have another job and if so
what is it?
I’m
an eighth-grade English teacher at a public school in Michigan. Until I retire, writing will have to suffice
as an awesome “hobby.” I have a blog where I try to give grammar and language
tips while being somewhat entertaining at the same time. When I’m retired,
teaching English on my blog will be my “hobby.”
List all of your titles with a one
sentence synopsis of each.
Loving the Rain – Clay Thomas deals with the consequences of manipulating people’s minds
while fighting off a criminal and dealing with problems with his wife and son.
Skeleton Key – Clay and his son use their parapsychological abilities to solve a
seven-year-old mystery about a disappearance from a train and the foul play
causing a ghost’s prior death.
Bulletproof – Clay, with help from his son, solves a string of robberies for which he
was arrested while at the same time solving the eleven-year-old mystery of a
ghost in a haunted hotel.
Who
is your favorite character? Why?
Jasper Bugner is a midget (little
person) who is in my second and third books. He’s angry, sarcastic, and somehow
downright loveable. He’s always involved in mischief or humorous antics, and he
comes through them all as a favorite to my readers as well.
What scenes are most difficult to
write?
I always do a lot of research
because I want my details to be accurate. I wrote a scene where there was brain
surgery. That was hard! I’ve written political scenes or scenes with a medical
examiner. Things that I have to learn 100% about before I write them are
toughest, but they’re also the most satisfying.
Indie pub or trad pub?
I’ve done both. My first two books
were indie until World Castle Publishing picked them up and republished them as well
as Bulletproof. I plan to revert
back to Indie for my time-travel book called The Jumper.
What is your favorite scene? Why?
I’m still kind of partial to two
scenes. One was in Loving the Rain when I weaved several sub-plots
together and had the principal characters all at an exciting basketball game at
the same time. It was there that a lot of the answers came. I also loved a
caving scene in Skeleton Key where Clay experienced quite a bit
of suspense while reaching a conclusion that he needed to make some changes in
his life.
If
you could take the place of one of your characters, which one would you choose
and why?
I
think I’d want to be Tanner Thomas. He’s an awesome athlete who has amazing
parapsychological powers. He’s amazingly intense but also fun loving. He’s 18
to 20 years old in the three books, but he’s still mature, caring, and loyal.
What
is your favorite TV show/movie from your childhood? What is it now?
I’m
going to say in the past it was Spenser
for Hire, a series based on a detective
in Robert B. Parker’s books. I like to think that my male heroes are a lot like
Spenser and Hawk. Now, I absolutely love The Mentalist. I love how Patrick Jane reads people and manipulates people, and the
show makes me laugh while I take notes on how to “detect” with my own
crime-solving amateurs.
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